My nephews are high energy, 24/7 so that means every other picture is of them being obnoxiously silly or being wrangled like wild animals by their parents. Still, somehow we always manage to walk away with a few gems!

My sister and Nakia have been best friends since they were in 1st grade (they’ll be 30 this year!), making Nakia our sister from another mother. She lives far away these days and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen her last, but she’s home this week with her son Oliver (who’s only a couple month’s younger than Abel) and we thought we should capture the moment with a Mothers and Sons shoot. Shooting my nephews is hard enough these days and adding a third little boy didn’t make it any easier, but boys being boys is fun to shoot and I’m just happy we got to spend this sort of quality time with Nakia before her and Oliver leave. <3

(Click through the slideshow below! For color versions of this set, click HERE!)